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January 12, 2007Australia: Unions form global alliances Negotiating with Australian executives of U.S.-based ALCOA company, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) usually came up empty-handed. Decision-making, they learned, takes place in the United States. In December, however, AWU leaders...
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A working-class hero
January 12, 2007NEW YORK — Ordinary working people can do extraordinary things. Wesley Autrey, an African American NYC union construction worker, proved that Jan. 2 when he jumped in front of a speeding subway train to rescue a...
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Windy City elections show growing class divide
January 12, 2007CHICAGO — The chorus from the famous labor song “Which Side Are You On?” may turn out to be a refrain in the February city elections here. The city’s Chamber of Commerce threw down the gauntlet...
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Mayor Dellums takes office in Oakland
January 12, 2007OAKLAND, Calif. — An exuberant, standing-room-only crowd of well-wishers mirroring the city’s diverse population packed the 3,000-seat Paramount Theater Jan. 8 to celebrate the inauguration of former Congressman Ronald V. Dellums as mayor. The landmark art...
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Facing Imminent Homelessness, Woodlands Families Appeal to Landlord
January 4, 2007New Orleans, LA – Eighteen Woodlands families facing homelessness will hold a press conference at 9 a.m. on their eviction date, Thursday, January 4, to ask Soundra Johnson-Temple of Baton Rouge, owner of Johnson Properties Group,...
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